Environment Canada

Mercury Trend Increasing in Fish in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia. Mercury levels have increased in fish in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia. So mercury contamination poses a greater threat to loon reproduction than 10 years ago in the National Park.

Emergencies Science and Technology Section Collaborates on Oil Budget Calculator for Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. During the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in the spring/summer of 2010, spill responders and the community at large raised many operational questions about what would happen to the released oil.